A Louisiana community advocate running for US Senate released a campaign ad Tuesday showing him puffing on a joint while pushing for marijuana reform.
The video, titled “37 Seconds,” opens with Gary Chambers wearing a blue suit as he sits in a leather chair in the middle of a New Orleans field and lights up a large blunt.
“Every 37 seconds, someone is arrested for possession of marijuana,” Chambers says.
“Since 2010, state and local police have arrested an estimated 7.3 million Americans for violating marijuana laws, over half of all drug arrests,” he says.
“Black people are four times more likely to be arrested for marijuana laws than white people,” Chambers continues.
Gary Chambers is running for Senate and pushing for marijuana reform.
Courtesy of @GaryChambersJr
He adds that: “most of the people police are arresting aren’t dealers, but rather people just like me.”
Chambers, a 36-year-old progressive community activist from Baton Rouge, is a Democrat seeking to unseat Republican Sen. John Kennedy, who is running for a second term in 2022. Another Democrat, former fighter pilot Luke Mixon, has also declared his candidacy.
In a statement accompanying his first campaign ad, Chambers said that, “For too long, candidates have used the legalization of marijuana as an empty talking point in order to appeal to progressive voters.”
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